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Tuesday, 15 March 2022 264 [No 10 – 2022] Fourth Session, Sixth Parliament NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ________________________ INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER ______________________ Note: 1.

 Indicates an oral question.
Table of Contents Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development .............. 266, 270, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276 Communications and Digital Technologies ........................... 264, 265, 268, 270, 271, 272, 274 Employment and Labour........................................................................ 267, 268, 269, 271, 274 Finance ........................................................................................................... 265, 267, 271, 272 Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment ....................................... 266, 267, 268, 269, 271, 273 Mineral Resources and Energy .............................................................. 265, 268, 269, 273, 274 QUESTIONS FOR ORAL REPLY WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR CH 2022 CLUSTER 4: ECONOMICS 180.
Mr B M Maneli (ANC) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: Noting that the SA Post Office (SAPO) has presented turnaround strategies which the National Treasury has declined to fund, owing to the lack of positive results in previous funded strategies, (a) how does her department intend to ensure that SAPO stays afloat, despite the demerger of the Postbank and (b) what measures of intervention is her department putting in place to ensure that SAPO services are delivered, especially to the rural poor?
NO1100E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 10 - 2022 Tuesday, 15 March 2022 265 181.

Mr B M Maneli (ANC) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: What (a) has she found sets the current turnaround strategy of the SA Post Office (SAPO) apart from the previous strategies and (b) effective measures does her department propose, that will ensure long term sustainability for SAPO?

NO1101E 182.
NO1101E 182.

Ms N J Kubheka (ANC) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: How has she found will the social compact that has been established in the Information and Communications Technology and Broadcasting sector assist her department to fulfil its mandate on bridging the digital divide by (a) providing opportunities for small operators in the sector and (b) creating employment?

NO1102E 183.
Mr X S Qayiso (ANC) to ask the Minister of Finance: Given that he announced in his Budget Speech on 23 February 2022 that the corporate income tax rate would be reduced from 28% to 27% for companies with the year of assessment ending on or after 31 March 2023, (a) how will the National Treasury ensure that the reduction of corporate income tax will encourage corporates to invest in our economy and (b) what measures are in place to close the opportunities for tax base erosion and profit shifting by companies?
NO1104E 184.
Mr M G Mahlaule (ANC) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy: Whether, in light of the high crude oil prices due to the impact of the conflict between Russia and its neighbour, Ukraine and the closure of domestic refineries, his department intends to review the appropriateness of its Strategic Stocks Policy to develop implementation mechanisms for the storing and rotation of refined petroleum products as part of the Strategic Reserve of Fuel; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NO1105E 185.
Mr M J Wolmarans (ANC) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy: Since the drastic increases in the oil prices due to the conflict between Russia and its neighbour Ukraine, which directly impacts on the cost of Eskom’s generation due to its dependence on diesel to run Open Cycle Gas Turbines while gas is often cited as a short- and medium-term solution to the Republic’s generation constraints, given its regional and domestic abundance, how does his department intend to implement its plan for the creation of a gas industry through power generation from gas as an anchor customer?
NO1106E 186.

Ms V T Malinga (ANC) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy: Whether, in view of the statement on page 45 of the Eskom Integrated Report of 31 March 2021 that Eskom is a key enabler of South Africa’s transition towards an economically inclusive and lower carbon future, his department has ever considered the possibility for Eskom to create its own division that produces renewable energy for increasing generating capacity; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NO1107E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 10 - 2022 Tuesday, 15 March 2022 266 187.
Ms M M E Tlhape (ANC) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: In light of the conflict between Russia and its neighbour Ukraine that has affected different sectors of the global economy in different ways such as the agricultural products and wine that the Republic exports to Russia, (a) what has she found is the implication of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on the Republic’s agricultural export market to Russia and (b) how does she envisage this will likely affect our food security in relation to the agricultural import market?
NO1108E 188.
Ms N P Mahlo (ANC) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: Given that agriculture remains an important sector of our economy with great potential to help it grow and create many job opportunities and that a viable development of the agricultural sector through the development and support given to smallholder farmers is critical for the growth of the sector and food security, and noting that in February of this year her department launched the much-awaited farmer register which is a very much-welcomed development, (a) how does her department intend to use the farmer register to help promote increased productivity within the sector and (b) will the specified register be available for use in the attraction of investment in the agricultural sector?
NO1109E 189.
Mr N Capa (ANC) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: In light of the reference that the President of the Republic, Mr M C Ramaphosa, made in the State of the Nation Address on 10 February 2022 to the great potential that cannabis and hemp farming can have on the creation of job opportunities, and the emphasis that he placed on the fact that this new industry of hemp and cannabis should benefit traditional farmers in the most rural and impoverished areas and women and youth, (a) what progress has her department made in terms of stakeholder engagements on the Hemp and Cannabis Master Plan and (b) how does her department intend to ensure that the development of this new flourishing industry becomes truly economically inclusive and does not further contribute towards the strengthening and reinforcement of the existing agricultural monopolies?
NO1110E 190.
Mr P M P Modise (ANC) to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: Given that her department has announced the results of the 2021-22 Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP) and has indicated that a total of around 2 473 applications were received, although not all applications were successful, (a) what were some of the major challenges that her department had to deal with in the adjudication of the FRAP 2021-22 and (b) how does her department intend to ensure that there is greater participation in the sector by small-scale fisheries?
NO1111E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 10 - 2022 Tuesday, 15 March 2022 267 191.
Ms T V B Mchunu (ANC) to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: Given that many South Africans are unemployed and daily facing poverty which needs to be reduced, and noting that the Republic’s oceans economy provides us with immense economic opportunities as section 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, provides for the sustainable use of the Republic’s natural resources and that oil and gas exploration is one of the pillars of our oceans economy, how does her department intend to ensure that (a) the exploration of the Republic’s resources occurs in strict compliance and (b) there is greater exercise of due diligence and care in dealing with risk and necessary rehabilitation in the aftermath of the process to the environment?
NO1112E 192.
Mr A M Shaik Emam (NFP) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: In light of the exploitation of South African workers, including foreign nationals, by local Chinese-owned businesses in the Republic, what total number of (a) Chinese businessmen have been found guilty of violating the Labour Relations Act, Act 66 of 1995, by employing undocumented workers and (b) departmental officials have been arrested and/or charged with failing to ensure that Chinese businesses comply with the labour laws of the Republic?
NO1113E 193.

Mr A M Shaik Emam (NFP) to ask the Minister of Finance: What measures will the National Treasury put in place to (a) prevent big banks from closing bank accounts of private businesses in a selective fashion leaving the companies and employees vulnerable to massive job losses and (b) ensure that State banks are created to protect businesses in the Republic from exploitation?

NO1114E 194.
NO1114E 194.

Mr S N Swart (ACDP) to ask the Minister of Finance: What (a) does the National Treasury envisage the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine would be on the economic growth and recovery prospects for the global and the South African economy and (b) steps will he take to minimise the impact on ordinary South Africans?

NO1115E 195.
Mr N Singh (IFP) to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: (1) (2) Taking into account the position of the Republic regarding the eradication of plastic pollution (details furnished), what specific needs will the agreement and the Republic specifically cater for and address; whether she will set up any task team and/or panel of experts to represent the view of the Republic on the development of such an agreement; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
NO1116E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 10 - 2022 Tuesday, 15 March 2022 268 196.
Mr N Singh (IFP) to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: In light of the fact that Eskom is by far the largest emitter of the pollutants sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides and the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the Republic due to its reliance on coal including the predicted increase in the supply and usage of coal until 2030, and the recent statement by the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr S G Mantashe, at the Coal Colloquium on Tuesday, 1 March 2022, what are the full relevant details of how the two diametrically opposed energy-supply solutions are reconciled as the one is climate friendly and the other contributes to global climate change?
NO1117E 197.

Mr S L Ngcobo (IFP) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: What are the full relevant details of the plans that his department has put in place in order to ensure that the Republic benefits from the changes in the labour force (details furnished)?

NO1118E 198.
NO1118E 198.

Prof C T Msimang (IFP) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy: In light of the reports that the Government intends to revive the Independent System and Market Operator Bill [B9b-2012], which was first published in 2011 and has been long overdue, what steps have been taken by his department to introduce the Bill in Parliament as the legislative reforms are vital for the process of unbundling Eskom and establishing an independent system and market operator?

NO1120E 199.
NO1120E 199.

Prof C T Msimang (IFP) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy: In light of the speech he made at the recent National Energy Dialogue that the Presidential Climate Finance Task Team will lead the mobilisation of funds for the just energy transition of the Republic, what are the details of the cooperation that exists in his department with regard to the proposed task team especially in respect of the financing of the national grid infrastructure?

NO1121E 200.
Ms Z Majozi (IFP) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: Whether, in light of the 2020-21 Annual Report of her department that the female representation is currently at 43,40% against the target of 50% on senior management level and that efforts to close the gap are not yielding the desired results, her department has (a) evaluated the efforts to identify possible shortcomings and (b) developed new and better strategies to attract suitable female candidates at senior management level; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the findings and/or strategies employed?
NO1122E 201.

Mr D W Bryant (DA) to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: In light of the recommendations pertaining to the lion bone trade emanating from the High-Level Panel Report into the Management of Elephant, Leopard, Lion and Rhino, what are the details of the immediate steps that her department has taken to address the situation of lions that are still remaining in captivity on farms?
NO1123E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 10 - 2022 Tuesday, 15 March 2022 269 202.

Mr D W Bryant (DA) to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: (1) What is the status of the eviction of the unlawful occupiers from Knoflokskraal in Grabouw; (2) by what date is it envisaged that the process of evicting the specified unlawful occupiers will be finalised?

NO1124E 203.
NO1124E 203.

Mr J R B Lorimer (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy: By what date is it envisaged that his department will put in place a working cadastral system that will perform the tasks that were supposed to have been performed by the SA Mineral Resources Administration System?

NO1125E 204.
NO1125E 204.

Mr J R B Lorimer (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy: Whether his department has investigated introducing legislation to address the problem of illegal mining in the Republic; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what are the details of the findings of his department’s investigations in this regard and (b) by what date does he intend to introduce the legislation in the National Assembly?

NO1126E 205.
NO1126E 205.

Mr M Bagraim (DA) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: What number of domestic workers have (a) registered with the Unemployment Insurance Fund and (b) received pay-outs of claims since 1 January 2020?

NO1127E 206.
NO1127E 206.

Mr M Bagraim (DA) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: With reference to the release of his department’s National Labour Migration Policy on 28 February 2022, what is the total (a) number of foreign nationals and (b) estimated number of non-registered foreign nationals who are currently employed in the Republic?

NO1128 207.
NO1128 207.

Dr M J Cardo (DA) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: What (a) is the name of each person who is responsible for drafting his department’s National Labour Migration Policy and (b) total amount in Rands did it cost his department to draft the specified policy?

NO1129E 208.
NO1129E 208.

Dr M J Cardo (DA) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: What measures has his department taken to forge an environment conducive to job-creation since its reconfiguration to include employment in its mandate in 2019?

NO1130E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 10 - 2022 Tuesday, 15 March 2022 270 209.
Mr N P Masipa (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: Whether her department has taken any steps to assist Onderstepoort Biological Products to address the challenges it experiences that often result in its inability to produce sufficient supplies of certain vaccines required by farmers in the Republic; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

NO1131E 210.
NO1131E 210.

Mr N P Masipa (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: Whether her department has put any measures in place to address the technical barriers of trade of the World Trade Organisation relating to the export of both small and large livestock; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NO1132E 211.
Mr M S Malatsi (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: Whether, in light of the fact that the Film and Publications Amendment Act, Act 11 of 2019, which came into effect on 1 March 2022 in order to regulate, among other things, online publication of content, her department has taken any steps to ensure that the Film and Publications Board has the necessary human resource capacity to enforce the provisions of the specified Act; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
NO1133E 212.

Mr M S Malatsi (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: Given that the SA Post Office has not been profitable for several years, what steps will her department take to ensure the financial sustainability of the SA Post Office in the (a) short- and (b) long term?

NO1134E 213.
NO1134E 213.

Ms T M Mbabama (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: What (a) are the reasons for the lengthy delay in processing the Kramer Land Claim, reference number KRO 6/2/3/D/49/768/971/2, that was submitted 26 years ago on 24 January 1996 and (b) stage is the process at currently?

NO1135E 214.
NO1135E 214.

Ms T M Mbabama (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: With reference to the eviction of a certain family (details furnished) by a certain person (name and details furnished), (a) under which Act and/or legislative provisions was the specified family finally relocated to an alternative farm and (b) what support did her department provide to the specified family to ensure its sustainable agricultural livelihood on the alternative farm?

NO1136E 215.
NO1136E 215.

Ms T Bodlani (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: What total amount in Rand has the broadcast digital migration cost her department to date?

NO1137E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 10 - 2022 Tuesday, 15 March 2022 271 216.
Ms T Bodlani (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: Whether she has or intends to intervene to resolve the public spat between a certain person (name and details furnished) and the SA Broadcasting Corporation; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

NO1138E 217.
NO1138E 217.

Ms A M M Weber (DA) to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: Whether her department has taken any steps to assist with regard to the management of the invasive plants that are invading the Roodeplaat Dam; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

NO1139E 218.
NO1139E 218.

Ms A M M Weber (DA) to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: What steps will her department take (a) to ensure that the unrehabilitated Kromdraai Gold Mine in eMalahleni stops to violate environmental regulations by releasing effluent acid water into the Wilge River and Klein Olifants River and (b) against any person found to have been responsible for the release of effluent acid water into the specified rivers on or around 22 February 2022?

NO1140E 219.
Dr D T George (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance: Whether, in view of the sanctions imposed by various countries on the Russian Federation following its invasion of Ukraine, he has found that the abstention of the Republic on the vote of the United Nations General Assembly’s resolution condemning the invasion of Ukraine will have a negative impact on the Republic’s ability to raise funds from the global markets; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
NO1141E 220.

Dr D T George (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance: With reference to his announcement during his Budget Speech on 23 February 2022 that he would engage with stakeholders regarding the possible restructuring of the fuel pricing methodology, (a) with which stakeholders has he held engagements to date and (b) what are the details of the elements of the fuel price methodology that are expected to be restructured?

NO1142E 221.
Mr W M Thring (ACDP) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: Whether, noting that the Government has relaxed the COVID-19 regulations and that the vaccines, which are still in a trial phase and lose their efficacy after about six months, do not necessarily prevent the transmission of the virus and are a violation of one's constitutional rights as well as the Nuremberg Code, he still intends to maintain his position on mandatory vaccines; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
NO1143E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 10 - 2022 Tuesday, 15 March 2022 272 222.
Rev K R J Meshoe (ACDP) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: What (a) measures have been put in place to ensure that drones are not used in the surveillance and/or monitoring of individuals in order to protect their right to privacy and (b) are the details of awareness programmes that her department is implementing to enable members of the public to know whether a drone in their neighbourhood is monitoring them or not?

NO1144E 223.
NO1144E 223.

Mr N F Shivambu (EFF) to ask the Minister of Finance: Considering the several commitments previously made by the National Treasury, what (a) measures has he put in place to establish a state-owned bank and (b) will be the process going forward to ensure that a state-owned bank is established?

NO1145E 224.
Mr N S Matiase (EFF) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: In light of the fact that the 2019 Report of the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture found that land redistribution was hamstrung, partly because beneficiary selection has not been transparent and there is evidence of so-called 'elite capture' as business persons and/or those with personal and/or political connections acquire land ahead of farmers from communal areas and/or farm dwellers who have experience, what measures has she put in place to address the challenge and/or to ensure that the system is free from political and administrative abuse, corruption, elite capture and that deserving and rightful beneficiaries of land reform are the ones who benefit?
NO1146E 225.
Mr N S Matiase (EFF) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: (1) With regard to the 2019 Report of the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture which recommended that she should appoint a land tax inquiry to consider a national policy and/or regulations to the Municipal Property Rates Act, Act 6 of 2004 to impose rates on agricultural land to disincentivise the retention of large and unproductive landholdings, what measures has she taken to implement the specified recommendation; (2) whether the land tax inquiry has been appointed; if not, why not; if so, on what date?
NO1147E 226.

Mr M K Montwedi (EFF) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: Whether, with regard to the roadshow she did in the North West to assess the performance of Communal Property Associations (CPAs), she has found that the CPAs are the best vehicles for communal land ownership; if not, why not; if so, what has she found must be done to ensure that CPAs comply with the Communal Property Associations Act, Act 28 of 1996?
NO1148E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 10 - 2022 Tuesday, 15 March 2022 273 227.
Mr M K Montwedi (EFF) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: In light of the fact that in the third quarter of the 2021-22 financial year her department had planned to acquire 25 000 ha of strategically located land for land redistribution purposes, but managed to acquire only 4,700 ha, and instead of finalising 450 labour tenants’ applications in KwaZulu-Natal, her department only finalised three, what (a) causes this gross underperformance by her department in as far as land redistribution is concerned and (b) measures has she put in place to address this?
NO1149E 228.

Mr M N Paulsen (EFF) to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: In view of the evidence that shows that extreme weather conditions are becoming more prominent due to climate change and are affecting the overall status and wellbeing of the Republic’s resources, what mitigation strategies, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, has she put in place to mitigate the impact of climate change on the Republic’s resources?
NO1150E 229.
Mr M N Paulsen (EFF) to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: (1) With reference to her reply to question 302 on 4 March 2022 regarding the NS Qingdao that was authorised by her department and/or the SA Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) to dump its reactive cargo between Durban and St Helena Bay, 259 km offshore, what have been the findings of SAMSA’s investigation into the circumstance that led to the cargo being unstable onboard and subsequently a maritime emergency; (2) whether her department has been monitoring the impact of the toxic cargo on marine life since the dumping; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of the impact?
NO1151E 230.
Ms P Madokwe (EFF) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy: Considering recent reports about the effects of the Russia-Ukraine war on the South African economy, including the possibility of local fuel prices rising to R40 per litre and the imminent closure of South African refineries for a variety of reasons, what steps has he taken to establish a local refinery industry and/or save existing refineries in order to protect the Republic from similar international factors that may arise in the future?
NO1152E 231.
Ms P Madokwe (EFF) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy: In light of the fact that in December 2021 the Government made various commitments during the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference which are at odds with its stance on the continued use of fossil fuels for energy generation, how does his department plan to reconcile the need to protect the Republic’s fossil fuel industry from the Western environmental consciousness of convenience with genuine climate change concerns and the Government’s commitments at the conference?
NO1153E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 10 - 2022 Tuesday, 15 March 2022 274 232.
Mr T M Langa (EFF) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy: Whether, considering that the shareholders of the largest oil refinery in the Republic, Sapref, situated in the south of Durban, have decided to suspend operations indefinitely by the end of March 2022 as they consider selling the plant, he intends to lobby the Government to acquire and run the plant; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NO1154E 233.
Ms C N Mkhonto (EFF) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: Whether, with reference to the meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts held on 19 May 2021, wherein he expressed his frustration that documents cannot be traced when money was paid at the Compensation Fund and consequently committed to initiate skills and forensic audits, he has started the process of the skills and forensic audits; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of the progress to date in respect of his commitment?
NO1155E 234.

Ms C N Mkhonto (EFF) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: Whether his department has ever evaluated the role of labour inspectors since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what is his assessment of the role of labour inspectors?

NO1156E 235.
NO1156E 235.

Mr V Pambo (EFF) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: What are the full details behind the decision of the SA Broadcasting Corporation to fire a certain person (name and details furnished)?

NO1157E 236.
Ms A S Zuma (ANC) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: Given that as a member of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), South Africa is guided by the ILO’s International Labour Standards and Decent Work Age, and noting that the ILO’s rights-based approach takes into consideration labour market needs and covers all migrant workers irrespective of nationality and immigration status, and in light of the growing concerns about the implementation of the Republic’s labour migration policies, how (a) does the Government intend to strengthen the implementation of its policies in order to combat the exploitation of migrant workers and (b) do government departments and social partners intend to work together to address the challenge of employers who do not comply with legislation?
NO1169E QUESTIONS TRANSFERRED FROM WRITTEN TO ORAL REPLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 146(1) 237.
Mr N P Masipa (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: [Written Question No 125] (1) What (a) countries have been able to export semen and embryos of small ruminants and bovine in the past 20 years and (b) amount in doses of semen were exported; INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 10 - 2022 Tuesday, 15 March 2022 275 (2) (3) what steps has her department taken to ensure that the SA Dorper Breeder Society is able to conduct trade overseas; (a) with which countries (i) does the Republic have small ruminants and bovine semen and embryo export and import trade protocols and (ii) have lapsed export and import protocol, (b) what actions have been taken to renew the lapsed protocols, (c) what progress has been made regarding the renewal to date, (d) what challenges have been experienced regarding the renewal of protocol and (e) what actions have been taken to address the challenges?
NO129E 238.
Mr N P Masipa (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: [Written Question No 126] (1) Whether the South African animal breeders’ associations has been in contact with her office to request assistance with the opening of an export and import market for semen of bovine and small ruminants; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the (a) relevant details and (b) results of the engagements with the breeders’ association; (2) whether there was any information received from breeders’ associations; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what follow-up has her department made with countries that are interested in South African breeders?
NO130E 239.

Mr N P Masipa (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: [Written Question No 127] What measures has her department put in place to protect the indigenous landrace of the (a) boergoat, (b) dorper, (c) dormer, (d) Afrikaner, (e) Nguni and (f) Bonsmara cattle so that other countries do not exploit this important South African indigenous landrace for economic benefits?

NO131E 240.
Mr J Engelbrecht (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: [Written Question No 142] (1) Whether, with reference to the devastating effects that an outbreak of the African Horse Sickness (AHS) will have on the local industry, she has been informed of the shortage of supplies of the annual mandatory AHS vaccine in the Republic; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date was she informed of the shortage and (b) what measures has she taken in this regard; (2) whether Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) took any urgent steps in response to the shortage in supplies to ensure that it can supply effective, safe and sufficient doses of the AHS vaccine in the Republic; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the (i) details of the urgent steps taken by the OBP and (ii) timelines in this regard and (b) by what date is it envisaged that the OBP will be in a position to supply effective, safe and sufficient doses of the AHS vaccine in the Republic; INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 10 - 2022 Tuesday, 15 March 2022 276 (3) (4) whether her department intends to conclude a public-private partnership (PPP) in the (a) production and (b) sale of the AHS vaccine in order to ensure that there is no shortage in supplies of the AHS vaccine in the future; if not, why not; if so, what (i) control measures will be put in place to ensure that all AHS vaccines produced and sold through a PPP meet the required animal health standards and (ii) are the further details in this regard; whether her department will implement a mechanism that would make it possible to drastically shorten the time frame required for newly developed and tested vaccines to be registered in emergency situations in order to allow for mass production and use in a short period of time; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
NO146E 241.
Mr J Engelbrecht (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: [Written Question No 143] (1) (2) (3) (4) On what date did the Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) last update the formulation of its African Horse Sickness (AHS) vaccine to ensure that its efficacy levels are maintained; (a) on what dates did OBP conduct efficacy and safety studies on its AHS vaccine (i) in each of the past five financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2021 and (b) what are the details of the outcomes of each efficacy and safety study in each case; whether she will furnish Mr J Engelbrecht with copies of the specified efficacy and safety studies; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; what has she found to be the reasons for the delay in the approval of the applications in terms of section 20 of the Animal Diseases Act, Act 35 of 1984, for conducting efficacy and safety studies for experimental AHS vaccines already developed by other laboratories in the Republic?
NO147E 242.
Mr J Engelbrecht (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: [Written Question No 144] What are the reasons that the African Horse Sickness vaccines that were developed and produced by the Central Veterinary Research Laboratory in the United Arab Emirates, which are already being used with success in the Republic of Kenya and the Republic of Sudan, are not considered for importation in terms of section 21 of the Medicines and Related Substances Act, Act 101 of 1965?
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Mr H C C Krüger (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: [Written Question No 178] (a) What number of supplier invoices currently remain unpaid by (i) her department and (ii) each entity reporting to her for more than (aa) 30 days, (bb) 60 days, (cc) 90 days and (dd) 120 days, (b) what is the total amount outstanding in each case and (c) by what date is it envisaged that the outstanding amounts will be settled?
NO182E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 10 - 2022